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Last year, Ramad Chatman stood trial for armed robbery and aggravated assault in Rome, Georgia. He was accused of robbing a local convenience store in 2014, after a “The Lucky Lotto” employee identified him from a random photo on her Facebook timeline.

Knowing that he was innocent, Chatman had turned himself in upon hearing that he was wanted in connection with the 2014 incident. And in August 2016 a jury concurred with the obvious & found Chatman Not Guilty. So Why Is He Still In Jail??? Because Judge John Niedrach said so. Now according to reports:

Police officials stated that the store was so dirty, they couldn't take fingerprints.

Witness descriptions only state that the person responsible was "a black man in dark clothes" who might have lived nearby.

Key witness testimony as to both the color of the gun used, and the clothes the robber was wearing, changed at least twice during testimony.

But in all of Judge Niedrach’s wisdom, he believed that Ramad Chatman was guilty nevertheless. So in spite of a jury acquittal, Ramad Chatman’s prior probation order remains revoked and he has been sentenced to serve up ten years in prison. According to multiple news outlets, officials acknowledge that Chatman had been in full compliance with his probation-stemming from a 2012 guilty plea entered for breaking and entering. If allowed to stand, this order could keep 24 year old Ramad Chatman in jail until 2022. Ten Years in prison for a $120 Television stolen back in 2012, when he was 19; but convicted rapists & murderers only get sentenced to probation for crimes that we know that they committed. Oh yeah, I forgot those guys had #Affluenza-while Ramad Chatman suffers from #BlackInAmerikkka. Georgia citizens, please stand up and fight for this young man’s freedom. If it can happen to him, it can happen to you…